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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Danica Patrick turned about 20 laps at Daytona International Speedway during the first day of testing in preparation for this month’s Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Patrick tested the No. 2 Howard-Boss Motorsports Pontiac Crawford on Thursday with an eye toward competing in the twice-around-the clock event, held Jan. 28-29. She is sharing the car at the test with recently retired NASCAR star Rusty Wallace.
The 1989 NASCAR champion has officially announced his participation in the Rolex 24 At Daytona, and has invited Patrick to join the team, which will also include American road racing stalwart Boris Said, and Scottish sports car ace Allan McNish.
“We’re going to get (Patrick) in the car and get her some time, and see if she likes driving the car,” Wallace said. “It’s kind of up to her if she wants to be the fourth driver in the car. She’s got the invitation, there’s no doubt about that, but we feel like were going to have a good, winning team, and we feel like were organized.”
Patrick appeared ready to accept the invitation.
“I want to run it,” Patrick said. “If it’s up to me, and he’s leaving it open, I’d love to run this race. I think it’s one of those races that you just need to stay consistent. Even with what I was doing out there, I was able to still not drop too far off in lap times with traffic. As soon as I pick up my speed on the track, hopefully that’ll stay consistent with traffic. I want to do the race, so if he lets me, I’m in.”
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Wallace and Patrick will continue testing on Friday, and the Rolex Series test sessions at Daytona will continue through Saturday afternoon.
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